{"id":1133,"date":"2022-10-20T23:55:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notesbook.vn\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2023-01-25T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:49:33","slug":"finding-modernist-architecture-in-vietnams-historical-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notesbook.vn\/en\/architecture\/finding-modernist-architecture-in-vietnams-historical-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Modernist Architecture in Vietnam\u2019s Historical City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask most Americans about the city of H\u1ed9i An in Vietnam (or Faifo, as it was also called by Westerners), and you\u2019ll probably get a blank stare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At least, that\u2019s been my experience. But for those who do know about this place, it\u2019s one of the best preserved cities in the world, full of buildings from the 15th through the 19th century. So going in, I was not expecting to take many photos of Modernist architecture. Turns out, I was wrong\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1652\" height=\"1389\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235134\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.23.57-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1109\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1652\" height=\"1389\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235134\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.23.57-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1109\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Too bad they couldn\u2019t agree on the same color\u2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most well-preserved and charming historic cities around the world seem to share a similar history to that of H\u1ed9i An. This was once the most important center for trade in Southeast Asia, and also was a major destination for traders from Europe. But by the end of the 18th century, the river had silted up and made it impossible for larger ships to come into port. Trading activity moved to nearby \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng, which the French favored and developed and called Tourane. It had a much larger harbor (and remains Vietnam\u2019s principal port to this day). H\u1ed9i An became a backwater, and there was virtually no further development there for nearly 200 years. (As an example, the city of Bruges in Belgium has a very similar story).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The place definitely lives up to its reputation. It looks like a movie set and delivers whole-heartedly on a romantic vision of what we imagine Vietnam should look like \u2013 a historic mix of Asian and French colonial architecture in narrow, picturesque, tree-covered streets along a lazy, meandering river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery alignfull is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:20.04382%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235157\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.36-PM.webp?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235157\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.36-PM.webp?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 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It was virtually untouched by the Vietnam Wars (neither the French war nor the American-led conflict), and was only rediscovered as a tourist destination once Vietnam opened up again in the mid-90s. Today, the road between \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng and H\u1ed9i An is a solid, unbroken chain of luxury hotel resorts along the beach, including major chains like the Four Seasons, Sheraton, and Marriott. And the town itself is full of stylish boutique hotels catering to tourists. Compared to Hanoi, which has retained its pre-90s grittiness and authenticity, H\u1ed9i An feels like a safe, cleaned up version that has been packaged for tourists. The architecture is beautiful, of course, but most people seem to be here for the food. The regional cuisine is well known here, and tourists flock to the area to take cooking classes, which seem to be the most popular local activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-bd0ko\">While exploring the quaint narrow streets of this city (some of which do not allow cars), walking shoulder to shoulder with [mostly] French tourists, I soon spotted a beautiful and interesting 1950s modern building hidden amongst the older architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1384\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235237\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.59-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235237\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.59-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Darren Bradley<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I strongly suspect the same architect was responsible for them all, but I could find nothing on either these Modernist houses or the responsible designer. I&#8217;d be willing to bet they were designed and built by the French in the early 50s, or by the Vietnamese themselves in the late 50s to early 60s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that whenever I pointed out an example of Modernist architecture to a local Vietnamese, they invariably said that it was \u201cAmerican-style architecture\u201d and were very dismissive of it. The reality is that a large majority of it was designed and built either by the French or the Vietnamese, themselves. Remember that the Americans didn&#8217;t really show up in force in Vietnam until the mid-1960s, and most of their assistance was either with infrastructure stuff, like bridges and railroads, or military bases. The Americans really had little or nothing to do with building houses or commercial\/office buildings here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But nonetheless, anything modern there is associated with the Americans\u2026 For the Vietnamese, French-style architecture means 19th century villas such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1147\" height=\"1384\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235310\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.05-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1147\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235310\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.05-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hoi An cinema<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"1382\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235314\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.57-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"1382\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/media.notesbook.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20235314\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-10.24.57-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Abandoned former health insurance building near My Son Sanctuary. My guide called this \u201can American-style building\u201d, but it\u2019s highly likely that it was designed and built by a Vietnamese architect.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Words &amp; Photo<\/strong><br>Darren Bradley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Source<\/strong><br>Darren Bradley Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask most Americans about the city of H\u1ed9i An in Vietnam (or Faifo, as it was also called by Westerners), and you\u2019ll probably get a blank stare. At least, that\u2019s been my experience. But for those who do know about this place, it\u2019s one of the best preserved cities in the world, full of buildings from the 15th through the 19th century. So going in, I was not expecting to take many photos of Modernist architecture. 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